Scabbers the rat

Some friends bought a Harry Potter advent calendar for work. Each day in December they would open a door and find a new Harry Potter figurine. They wanted to continue enjoying it in the new year so I suggested that I make new figures to go behind the doors. So I kinda signed myself up to design 24 Harry Potter figurines :/ We’ll see how we go.

This patterns uses a 2mm hook and brown, pink, grey and black 4 ply wool. It is written in American crochet notation. Scabbers is 4 cm tall.

Head

With 4 ply pink wool

Round 1: 4 sc in a magic ring (4 stitches)

With 4 ply brown wool

Round 2: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (6 stitches)

Round 3: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (9 stitches)

Round 4: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (13 stitches)

Round 5: sc in each stitch (13 stitch)

Round 6: sc and then decrease around (7 stitches)

Stuff

Round 7: decrease until the hole closes

Fasten off, weave in ends.

Body

With brown 4 ply wool

Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Round 2: increase in every stitch (12 stitches)

Round 3: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (18 stitches)

Rounds 4 – 8: sc in each stitch (18 stitches) (5 rounds)

Round 9: sc in the first stitch, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (12 stitches)

Stuff

Round 10: decrease until the hole closes.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Now sew the head onto the body.

Ears (make two)

With pink 4 ply wool

Join the wool at an appropriate spot

Ch 1 and dc in that stitch, then dc and sc in the next stitch, fasten off and weave in the ends.

Tail

Attach pink 4 ply wool at an appropriate point and chain 8, turn then sc 7 back along the chain to the body. Fasten off and weave in the ends.

Arms (make two)

With pink 4 ply wool

Round 1: 4 sc in a magic ring (4 stitches)

With brown 4 ply wool

Rounds 2 – 3: sc around (4 stitches)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Feet (make two)

With pink 4 ply wool

Round 1: 4 sc in a magic ring (4 stitches)

With brown 4 ply wool

Round 2: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (6 stitches)